Reversing gearing



July2,1935. A QGRIDLEY 2,006,500

REVERS ING GEARING Filed July 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l WM A TTORNE y.

.Juy 2, 1935 A. c. GRIDLEY REVERSING GEARING Filed July 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY,

Patented July 2, 1935 d 'il Adena-ige.' or'aiey, costa. Mesa, Canej n f,.nelicafinn-f1uiistilles,.fseraifno. 624,585 .7 1 f ""3.oiaims".' (01. 19e-#53) I V n thereof, .mainly taken onfa cutting plane indiy This yinventionJrelatesfto .reversing gearing. of. the planetary-typeinvolvingaldriving shaft kwith. afbevel gear. secured thereto,.a drivenshat with ai second bevel-Y gear secured theretofpinionscar-z z. ranged between saidivbeveligearswhich are borne' by. arotatable-housingior carl-iemand a clutch and abrake for. said. rotatable housingor. pinion carrier....-f: .f

The '.prii'nary. obj ect .oft thepresent.. invention is .i to vgenerally..simplify.: and improve .reversinggeargA ingsof the;abovekind-.wherebythe .same willpbe. simple iandsdurable.. in construction,... comparativelyinexpensive to Lmanufacture .or repair; and efficient and reliableineperation. f More particularly, .the present.. inventionfprof.v vides a. reversing gearing .including a differential gearing of the :planetary type.havingaerotatable pinion A.carrier .on housing, anda .novel .and `eili-4 cent .brake and clutch .unit .borne by the .driving shaft of.ithe diierentialzgearing.atoneend of the; pinion carrier. or .housing ofv .the latter,.said brake.4 and `;clutcl1 unit.` embodying a. .combined ...brake n and clutchdrum securedtc. the pinion carrier` or.

56; Figure housing-of Athe ,diierential gearing-and a4 .manu-v allypoperable `clutchelement keyedto thedriving. shaft withinsaidbrake and clutchdrum for coop-.. erationwiththe latter. y.

M Aiurther; object, of. .the invention is .to provide, inVv a reversing gearing of the abOYe.:.kl1d,=..an.gime; proved vbrake..aridelutch.,unit in-.whichmanuallyg 0Derable..means. is ,nrovdedto.frictionallr .clutchv and unclutch. the idriving. Sheitan@ its .bevel gear. to., and .from...the :brake .and.clutchl .drumand .the pinionarrier i or .housing of the `diilerential gear?.

"' ing,A and. means including centrifugellyeperated dcgsto positivelyelutchsaid. driving .shaftand its gear to i the .brake and Clutch -drum andpnign carrieror housing afterthelatter havev attained a. pre.determinedV speed. approximating. .that 0f. the

if; driving shaft, thus Obtaining theadvantages of a.

positive drive when; the. .driven shaft` is V`dIVIl directly.. .f

' A still further objectofthepresent -invention is `to provide means for` maintaining the rdriving fdogs inoperative.Whenthefriction clutch member is released and the brake'band-is applied,-.thereby securing a friction drivewhen thendriven shaft is driven reversely ata'slower speed.Y l l I i Other objects andadvantagesof the. present) invention will becomeapparent fromvthe follow*-4 ingf Vdescription .lwhenuccnsidered in connectionv withthe'acempanyingfdrewinge .in which:

Figure lis a perspective View of` areversing gearingembcdying the present invention.A u maan enlarged. lgegitudinelseeiion cated by the lineL-,Zcf Figure 4. l

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the relative arrangement of .theaxes of the planetary pinion of. the differential'gearing about the ,driv-l inganddriven shafts. u

Figure 4 is a section on line4 4-4 ofFigureG. 'Figure is an elevational View locking toward the leftof Figure 6.

. Fig'ure a side elevationalview of the friction clutch elementan'd associatedparts carried bythe driving shaft. f Figure 7.isan elevational .viewlooking toward therightof Figure 6; l i

` Figure 8..isa sectional view on line .II-*8 of.Fig-. uleZ, vwith .partsomitted l Figure.y isa `viewsimilar to Figure 7 .with the driving.:.dogs projected ,.to .operative or `driving position. l 1 Figure 1,0 isa transverse sectionon line Ill-I0 oiFigureZ. i j

Figure 11 is a View similar to .Figure 2 cfa modiedformbfthe invention.

Figure 121s arztran'sverse section online I2, ,I2

-Figure 13 is la sectiononfline I3-.-.I3`ofFig ure 11. l

Referring in detail tothe drawings,j5 indicates rthe pinioncarrier or housing of aplanetarydiffer- 8. said-.pinions 9 being journaled onpins Ill held between `the sectionsY ofthe housing 5 and arranged -at uniformly spaced intervals .about the axis; of gears 'I and 8 as indicated-diagrammatically.,inFigure 3 at Illa. l.A driving shaftII is, keyed. at I 2 inthe hub ofbevel gears. 'I and abuts. theinner end of a.drivenfshaft` I3 keyedlat `I/I in thehub of the bevelgearl; i The present gearing includes anopen elongated frameV I5V within and adjaoentvone end Aof which the diierential gearing is arrangedthe Vshafts. II and .I3 being respectively journaledinbearings,atthe ends of the frame lsfeachI of which includes a lower part I6 kformed by 1a downwardly'r offset portion of lthe plates i 'bolted mpiaee as. at la.

- frame I5 and anupDerpartcOnSiSting of a cap` The inner'` end or; housing 5 fs rabbetec'l about @gouter edge .lhsfegiffi ferm @Projecting major central portion as shown clearly in Figure 2. The invention further includes a combined brake and clutch embodying a combined brake and clutch drum I9, one end of which is flanged and bolted to the adjacent flanged end of housing 5 as at 20, and also counterbored to flt over the projecting end portion of the housing 5, whereby the drum I9 and housing 5 are effectively rigidly joined together. The brake and clutch unit further includes a member or element 2| keyed at I2 on the driving shaft II within the drum I9 and having normally contracted resilient arcuate parts 22 adapted to be expanded into frictional engagement with the 4inner surface of said drum I9 to frictionally clutch the driving shaft II and bevel gear 1 to drum I9 and housing 5, whereby the pinions I9 will be caused to bodily rotate with the shaft II and correspondingly rotate bevel gear 8 to afford a direct drive between the driving shaft I I and driven shaft I3. Manually operable means is provided to expand the members 22 of the clutch element 2|, such means consisting. of cam shafts 23 journaled in the element 2| and having cams 24 arranged to move into engagement with the free ends of the clutch members 22. Oppositely projecting arms 25 are rigid with the outer projecting ends of the cam shafts 23, adjacent ends of which are connected by tension springs 26 by means of which the shafts 23 are normally positioned with their cams 24 out of engagement with the clutch members 22 for permitting the latter to normally assume their contracted disengaged position. A cone 21 is slidably mounted on the driving shaft II for movement inwardly betweenl the arms 25 and outwardly from between the same, the arrangement being such that when the cone 21 is moved inwardly between the arms 25, the latter are swung against the tension of springs 26 so as to rock the cam shafts 23 and cause their cams 24 to engage the ends of the clutch members 22 for expanding the latter into gripping engagement with the inner surface of drum I9. Obviously,` when the cone 21 is moved in the reverse direction, the springs 26 will swing the` arms 25 inthe opposite direction to release the cams 24 and permit contraction of the clutchmembers 22 out of engagement with drum I9. A lever 28V is provided for operating the cone 21, the same having a bifurcated lower end straddling saidcone and passing downwardly through the frame I5 where its legs are pivoted at 29 to depending ears 3|)r carried by the frame I5, a yoke 3| having its ends pivoted in the legs of the bifurcated end of lever 28 being engaged at its intermediate arcuate portion in an annular groove 32 provided in 'the outer end portion of cone 21. The shafts 23 have reduced inner ends on which are secured washers 33 that engage the inner side of the clutch element 2| to retain the shafts 23 against outward displacement from operative position. Extending through the free end portions of levers 25 are set screws 34 arranged to engage the surface of cone 21 and adjustable through the arms 25 for properly adjusting the throw of the latter. In other words, by adjusting the set screws 34, the arms 25 may be properly adjustedv to position the cams 24 so that the latter will properly expand the clutch members 22 when the cone 21 is moved inwardlyy toward the element 2|. Lock nuts 35 are threaded on the outer ends of the set screws 34 to lock the latter in properly adjusted position, and suitable plates 36 are clamped between the nuts 35 and the arms 25 to provide means for anchoring the adjacent ends of springs 26 to said arms 25. The other ends of the arms 25 adjacent their pivots or shafts 23 may be formed with suitable hooks 31 by means of which the other ends of the springs 26 may be anchored to said arms 25. y

The drum I9 has a circular series of notches 33 formed therein adjacent its inner end, and pivoted in the clutch element 2| are rock shafts 39 having dogs on the inner ends thereof arranged to swing outwardly into engagement with the notches 38 so as to provide a positive driving connection between shaft II and housing 5 through clutch element 2| and drum I9, in a manner which will presently become apparent. Attached at one end to each of the dogs 40 is a spring 4I having a coiled intermediate portion and having its other end bearing against the hub of clutch element. 2|, whereby the associated dog is normally swung inwardly to the position of Figure 7, out of engagement with the notches 38. 'Ihe springs 4| are relatively weak so as to permit outward swinging movement of the dogs 40 under centrifugal force when `the shaft II and clutch element 2| have attained a sufficiently high predetermined speed after the members 22 have been expanded to frictionally clutch the shaft I I to the drum I9. In this way a friction driving connection between the shaft I I and housing 5 is automatically followed by a positive driving connection therebetween, which positive driving connection is automatically released upon reducing the speed of the shaft II to a predetermined extent or discontinuing its rotation. In other words, the dogs 40 will swing inwardly out of engagement with the notches 38 under the influence of springs 4I lwhen the centrifugal force acting upon said dogs is insufficient to overcome the action of said springs 4I. Projecting inwardly from the Vinner side of arms 25 adjacent the shafts 23 arepins 42 arranged to cooperate in a peculiar manner with arcuatearms 43 rigid with the :adjacent outer ends of rrock shafts 39. The arrangement is such that when the shafts 23 are rotated to expand the clutch members 22, the pins 42 are moved out of the path of arms 43 so as to permit-turning of shafts 39and outward swinging movement of dogs 40 under the influence of centrifugal force. At the same time, the arrangement is also such that when the shafts 23 are turned by springs 26 to permit contraction of clutch members 22, the pins 42 vmove the arms 43 so as to.v positively swing the d ogs40 out of engagement with the notches 38, or,` to engage the arms 43 and prevent movement` of said dogs 40 outwardly into engagementA with the notches 38, depending upon Athe condition ofA the parts.' In this way, a. friction driving connection must be provided between the driving shaft I I and housing 5 by expansion of clutch elements 22, before a positive driving connection can be effected between these parts by the dogs 40, a positive driving connection between those parts being prevented positively when the friction clutch elements 22 are released from'drum I9.

Suitably carried by the frame I5 is a brake band 44 which encircles the drum I9 and is operable by a lever 45 pivoted on the frame I5 to grip the drum I9 and prevent rotation of the latter and the housing 5. The brake band 44 is shown as tensioned to normally expand to released position by means of a'spring 44 as shown in'Figure l2, but it may be so expanded by any spring means common to brake construction of this type, and the'lever 45 is pivoted intermediate its ends to the frame I5 and has one end operatively connected to an end of the'band44. The other'end accesos:

applythebrake-bandM togdruin-l I9f`whfen the"v clutchY members 22 are released. "WhenY this is done, the drumI 9'and lhousing 5 *are unclut'ched from thet'shaft II,1butare restrained `against `ro'V n tationby br'alre band 44";jthuls causing areverse i drivev of vvdriven shaft "I 3'. Wherrthisreverse ldrive of 'shaft I3 'takes place,V4 the 'gear "I1 rotates lone direction sov asgto' turn "the piijionsll` and cause j them'to turn thegear 8v and shaft I 3v in a' reverse'- direction. By properly'positioning leverflfwith" respect to levers `4 5 andy v278,A the clutch ."members'r" 22 maybe release'd'to"unclutchshaftl I I from'drum I9 withoutvv applying brakefll, thusjplacing the gearing in neutral' condition J wherein`V noj'dri've fis transmitted to shaft I3, the housing`5 freelyturnl" Y ing about shaft "I 3. v Further outward movement of lever 28 from thefull'line position of Figure 11 will then cause engagement. of band 44 with' drum I9 to effect there'verse drvejde'soribed above. Asy

n, before mentioned the direct drive is',v effected by moving the lever 28.inwardly fromr thefull 'line position of Figurel, in whichzpositionthe,clutch members- ,2 2` areengaged-withdrum yI 9 and brake band 44 is released therefrom. The bolts 6 have round heads cut away at one side to engage the inner end of drum I9 as shown in Figure 2, whereby turning of the bolt E is prevented when the housing 5 and drum I9 are assembled. An end of the housing 5 abuts the end of the frame I5 adjacent the left hand bearing of frame I5 in` Figures 1 and 2, while an adjustable collar 5i) is secured on the driving shaft I I toabut the frame I5 at the opposite end so as to prevent any end- Wise play of the moving parts relative to frame I5. The frame I5 is of course suitably apertured for convenience in securing the same to a support or frame part of a device or apparatus in which the reversing gearing is employed.

In the construction of Figures 11 to 13 inclu-` sive, the construction of the'differential gearing is the same as disclosed in Figuresvv 1 and 2, and the parts of this differential gearing are given the same reference characters in both forms of the invention. In this modied form of the invention, however, a driving dog 49a for engagement with the notches 38 of the drum I9 is fixed on the inner end of a rock shaft 39a journaled in the clutch element ZI, the outer projecting end of rock shaft 39a having an arm 43a secured thereon and extending inwardly for cooperation with the outer end of a double cone 21a, slidably mounted on the driving shaft II. Also, the clutch members 22a have free ends which are adjacent and against which operate the opposed cams 24a of a cam shaft 23a journaled in the clutch element 2 I. An arm 25a is secured on the outer projecting end of cam shaft 23a and extends inwardly for cooperation with the inner end of' the double cone 21a. The arms 43m and the f pathl off-a hori-V zontally swinging jlever4 6 also pivotedfv on l the"V frame/I 5 vand projecting inwardly inf-thepath of f lever 28; f The AvleverQAG'fis --arra-n'gedfiat the outer# arm a v*being y simultaneously permitted to are#v lease cams 24al`and-permit contractionhofi:clutch members 22a out of -engagement with= drum I9.l

Also', .when the Acone i 2'Iaf' ismovedv in--Tthe Lopposite direction towardclutchV element 'ZI, arm-l :25a 'is swung so as 'to cause expansion of the clutch"`rnembers 22a into wfrictional 'engagementwith drum I9.l When the latterltakes plac'ethe arm' 43ais' released 'frorn 'cone-21a so that the` dogf4a is 'free' .to-swing outwardlyfunder f-tl'ie; action? of springs `26af 'or centrifugal Kforce'. linto f engagement'fwith thenotches 38; `As'fvvitl'rth'e form cf the invention shown'fin-Figures n'1 ftojlO inclusive, "tliferef ore, the embodiment: illustrated iny li'gureslfl` tovv -13'inclusive involves the prin-mV ciple of preventing :af-positive drive between driv' ing' shaft I Ianddrum I9jwhenthe clutchmenibers'` 22d' areY released; and the automatic v'attair'i-` ment of la. positive driving Vconnection between these -partsaft'er shaft II is frictionallyjclutched to drumf I9 by expansion o f clutch members`22cujv This form of the invention vmay embody the'sameY f mounting frame I5 and operating lever 28'as"dis "'A closedin "the form of Figures 1 and 2, together with the same levers'45and 46 for operation of the brake rbland 44, these -partsbein`g romitted fromj Figure `11 tc 13 inclusive merely` forlthe" sake ,offsimplicityl Obviously, the showing ofi one shaft'39a and associated partsd'a and`43a,' asv well as the showing Aof `onlyfone Vcam shaft"23a and Aassociated parts "23a, fand "25a is merely adopted' `forsake of simplicity, it'bein'g apparent that these parts can be duplicated or provided in a plurality of more than two if found desirable.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art. It will be particularly noted, however, that the invention provides a desirable feature of automatically effecting a positive direct drive immediately following the clutching of the pinion carrier and driving shaft through friction means, the yoccurrence cfa positive drive being at the same time prevented when the driving shaft and pinion carrier are unclutched. In addition, the invention provides a very simple and .durable arrangement and assemblage of parts which may be conveniently and cheaply manufactured or repaired, and which will not readily get out of order. Changes in the form and arrangement of parts as illustrated and described are contemplated within the'spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

`1. In a clutch mechanism, a driving shaft, a clutch drum mounted for rotation relative to said driving shaft, a clutch element keyed to said driving shaft and having friction clutch members normally contracted out of engagement with said drum, a cam shaft operable for expanding said clutch members into engagementwith said drum to provide a friction drive connection between the driving shaft and the drum, manually operable means for operating said cam shaft to engage said clutch members with the drum, a rock shaft journaled in said clutch element and carrying a driving dog, said drum having internal notches engageable by said dog for providing a positive driving connection'between the driving shaft and said drum, a lateral arm carried by said rock shaft, and a pin movable with the cam shaft into and out of the path of said arm for preventing engagementof the dog with the drum when the' normally contractedout of engagement with saiddrum, a cam shaft operable for expanding said clutch members into engagement with said drum to provide a friction drive connection between the driving shaft and the drum, manually operable means for operating said cam shaft-to engage said clutch members withthe drum, a rock shaft journaled in said clutch element and carrying a driving dog, said drum having internal notches engageable by said dog for providing a positive drivingconnection between the driving shaft and said drum, VVa lateral arm carried by said rock shaft, and a pin movable with the cam shaft into and out of thepath of said arm for preventing engagement of the dog with the drum when the clutch members are'released and for permitting engagement of the dog .with vthe drum when the clutch members are engaged, and a spring normally holding said dog out of engagement with the-rd'rumsaid spring being of relatively weak tension to Vpermit engagement of the dog with the drum under the action of centrifugal force when the driving shaft and drum attain a predetermined speed of rotation.

3. In a clutch mechanism, a driving shaft, a

clutch drum mounted for rotation about said, driving shaft and having internal notches, av

clutch element keyed on the driving shaft within v said drum and having normally eontracted fric-g tion olutch members expansible'into engagement driving shaft and movable between the arms to rotate the cam shafts and causeexpansionof the clutch members intdengagement with the drum, manually Aoperable Vmeans 'including a lever pivoted to the supporting frame for moving the` `cone to cause expansion of the clutch members,

rook shafts journaled in the clutch element and carrying dogs movable outwardlyunder centrifugal force into engagement with the notches of the drum, springs normally swinging said dogs out of engagement with the drum, lateral arms on said rock shafts, and pins carried by the arms` of the cam shafts and movable into and out of the paths of the last-named arms of lthe rock' shafts to prevent engagement of the dogs'with" the drum when the clutch members are released from the latter and to permit engagement of said dogs with the drum whenV said clutch members are engaged with'said drum.`

' ADELBERT C; GRIDLEY.

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